Hello, LDS scholars. Look at your bookshelf, now back at mine. Now back at your bookshelf, now back to mine! Sadly your bookshelf doesn’t have all the LDS science books that mine has, but if you stopped buying vampire love stories, it could look like mine.Ha ha.This post is about “must have” books for Latter-day Saints who are interested in the relationship between Mormon theology and science. I’ve compiled a list of books that LDS scholars should consider acquiring and reading, especially those who fashion themselves as experts on Restoration theology and science. Some of these are out of print and may be hard to find. Please respond if you know of a book that should be added to the list.Thanks.List of Books Covering LDS Theology and Science1. Of Heaven and Earth: Reconciling Scientific Thought with LDS Theology (Clark)2. Science, Religion, and Mormon Cosmology (Erich Paul)3. Science and Mormonism (Melvin Cook & Garfield Cook)4. Earth: In the Beginning (Eric Skousen)5. Science and Your Faith in God (Henry Eyring et al.)6. Joseph Smith as Scientist (Elder John A. Widtsoe)7. Truth and Science: An LDS Perspective (Dave Collingridge)8. The Case for Divine Design (Frank Salisbury)9. Divine Engineering (David Brems)10. Mormons and Science: Setting the Record Straight (Rodney Brown)11. Mormon Scientist: The Life and Faith of Henry Eyring (Henry J Eyring)12. (Your recommendation)

Henry Eyring (1901–1981), father of our current President Eyring, was a world famous scientist. I love Joseph Fielding Smith and I think he was right more often than most people, but I agree with Brother Eyring that Smith's book Man, His Origin and Destiny is not a science book.

Tim, be warned. The book "Mormonism and Evolution: The Authoritative LDS Statements" does NOT live up to its title. It fails to comprehensively provide "the" authoritative LDS statements on evolution. In place of some statements that should have been included, the book incorporates material that doesn't even meet its own stated criteria for authoritative status. The result is that individuals who want the LDS Church to be neutral on evolution will be enthusiastic about the book. Those, however, who just want to know where the LDS Church stands on evolution should be wary of it. For more information, visit